George Selkirk

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baseball player human

George Selkirk was a Canadian-born Major League Baseball outfielder best known for succeeding Babe Ruth as the New York Yankees’ right fielder and winning multiple World Series titles in the 1930s.

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Label	Occurrences
George Selkirk canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ
allStarSelection	1936 ⓘ 1939 ⓘ
batted	left ⓘ
battingAverage	.290 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1908-01-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1987-01-19 ⓘ
familyName	Selkirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
finalMLBDate	1942-09-27 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam	New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	George NERFINISHED ⓘ
hallOfFame	Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldPosition	general manager of the Washington Senators ⓘ
homeRuns	108 ⓘ
inductedIntoHallOfFame	1983 ⓘ
jerseyNumber	3 ⓘ
league	Major League Baseball ⓘ
managedTeam	Kansas City Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ
MLBDebutDate	1934-08-12 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam	New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	George Selkirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickName	Twinkletoes NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	succeeding Babe Ruth as the New York Yankees’ right fielder ⓘ winning multiple World Series titles with the New York Yankees in the 1930s ⓘ
onBasePercentage	.400 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Huntsville, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionPlayed	outfielder ⓘ right fielder ⓘ
replaced	Babe Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	baseball executive ⓘ minor league manager ⓘ
runsBattedIn	576 ⓘ
sluggingPercentage	.483 ⓘ
tenureAsGeneralManagerEnd	1968 ⓘ
tenureAsGeneralManagerStart	1963 ⓘ
threw	left ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampion	1936 ⓘ 1937 ⓘ 1938 ⓘ 1939 ⓘ 1941 ⓘ

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Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame → notableInductee → George Selkirk ⓘ